<p>Shortened urls have their place. I like using them for Google maps links. If you are posting a short url to e-mail, it would be courteous to include the base url in the message text. That way, one can search for it later.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 18, 2010 6:27 AM, "Todd Walton" <<a href="mailto:tdwalton@gmail.com">tdwalton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>And another reason I hate this tinyurl thing... I know someone on a<br>
list I'm on referenced a certain site. Can I search my email for<br>
links to that site? Nooooo*. They used a freakin' tinyurl or bitly<br>
or whatever.<br>
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*To be spoken in a rising and falling melodic sarcastic tone of voice<br>
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Todd<br>
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